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Retrofit programs focus on upgrades like air sealing, enhanced insulation, upgrading heating and cooling systems, and installing energy-efficient windows and doors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Many Canadian households are being shortchanged from retrofit programs — this needs to change

Kareman Yassin, Hitotsubashi University; Maya Papineau, Carleton University, and Nicholas Rivers, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Retrofit programs that improve home energy efficiency have become one of Canada’s main strategies to cut emissions in the housing sector. But do these programs deliver on their promises?

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